We are heading north to play once more at one of our fav venues - Paisley Stage in Napier as we join Grays Road on their album release tour!

We will also be hitting the stage in Hastings for the…

Sadly the 1000Mods tour of Oz / Nz has been postponed due to a health issue for one of the band. We wish him a quick and full recovery and look forward to when we do finally welcome them to…

Sidewinder are hitting the road to round out 2022 - bringing music to Taupo, Tauranga, Napier and Auckland!

Tickets are available via the links on the Upcoming Shows section of the main page.

Nov 18th - Rosemary's Bar, Taupo with…

theAlpines333 Promotions presents the heavy music event of the year in Palmerston North. 

NO LIFE... OLD MAN PINE... KAVORT... BULLETBELT... SIDEWINDER... THE RISING TIDE... THUNDER FOOT... IMPERIAL SLAVE... UNI-FI... TEETH AND NAILS... CAPTURED KINGS... KOKOA NASHI... FLOWER OF HADESBAD SCHEMATICS…

Sidewinder are on the coast together with:

Monkey Wrench - by popular demand the top Foo Fighters Tribute act are back 

Dislocate - out promoting their latest single release. 

On The Rocks - fresh from the rehearsal studio this collection…

Thrilled to announce we will be playing with Sasquatch on their visit to Wellington on September 16th.

Along for the ride will be fellow Welly rockers Mammathus plus Christchurch visitors Stonehurst and Pieces Of Molly.

Tickets at UTR. Sasquatch will…

The Vines album is now available for digital download and on CD!

It is available here on our website or for bandcamp fans you can find it on https://sidewindernz.bandcamp.com/album/vines-album

NEW MERCH ALERT 

In anticipation of our upcoming album release, our new "Vines" merch is now available! 

Get your tickets to one of our upcoming tour dates right now to snag yourself one of these, or you can purchase them…

💥 VINES - NZ TOUR 2022 💥 

We are stoked to announce we will be back on the road to start 2022! 

We will be promoting the release of our debut album "Vines" and will be joined by some of…

We have made it through to the NZ National Battle of the Bands Finals! 

Thanks to all of you that have come down in support to get us here! 

We are ready to go for the finals now - but…

Sidewinder presents Triple Threat Tour 2021: The Christchurch Edition! 

Wellington heavyweights 'Planet Of The Dead' and 'Sidewinder' are teaming up with local rockers 'Sins Of Eve' to deliver a Friday night of solid rock sounds. 

'Planet Of The Dead' have…

Thanks to your support we are through to the last local round!

Winner will go through to the national competition nd we know you will all turn out to support us again!

Tickets available here.

It is spring here in Wellington and with the recent lockdown coming to an end the good folk at Lovelands have asked us to come play!

We were in fact schedule to play there last month however the lockdown put…

Today we announce a personnel change to the Sidewinder line up. 

Corey Mudge has sadly decided to abdicate his drummer’s throne to focus on his increasingly successful business activities, as well as his all important family commitments. 

Sidewinder had achieved…

The third single from the upcoming album 'Vines' is out next week!

"Walk Of Ishi" is a song about overcoming adversity and is inspired by a real life individual: a Native American man who was the sole survivor of his…

Wellington rockers Sidewinder have followed up of their successful first single, ‘Sirens’ with their latest offering, ‘Mississippi Fire’. 

Sidewinder is a new combination of experienced musicians with a sound described as ‘bluesy desert / southern rock with a grungy aftertaste’. 

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We have a busy month of May ahead!

May 1st we are playing Rock The Waterfront in Kapiti.

May 6th we have a mid week gig with a few local bands at Valhalla.

May 8th we have the homecoming show…

Sidewinder are hitting the road to promote the release of their new single 'Sirens' in April 2021.

The band will be playing the Jam Factory Tauranga on the 15th, Nivara Lounge Hamilton on the 16th and Dead Witch…

The first four songs from the forthcoming Sidewinder album are in the can: expect news of the first single release very soon!

Along with this a tour of some key spots around the North Island is well through the planning…

Mid week show coming up in Wellington!

For a fiver you get Sidewinder along with How To Human, Seismic State and The Whiskey Show for rich brew of rock sounds.

It's a school night so it won't be a long…

Sidewinder are getting off to a busy start this new year.

Not only is there two shows booked in Wellington in January...we are heading into the studio with top local engineer James Goldsmith to record a bunch of songs.

James…

The boguns are revolting! 

Hit into 2021 HARD with this three way dose of local rock. 

We open with desert rockers Sidewinder, get your fill with the heavy blues of State Of Entropy, then burn it all off with the…

Big love to everyone who turned out to see us last night at the mighty Valhalla.

Cheers to Ben and the crew there - along with Electric Peak -for their organizational skill in helping put this on.

Huge cheer for…